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Apr 21, 2010 19:12 |  #31
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Ironically, I have had this happen recently when out aurora hunting. I noticed a weird truck following me for a long time while I was going out on the highway. Stopped at a nice spot I like to go to shoot and within 20 minutes along came another 2 cars...and then another...and then another. We were like little red and blue stars lighting up the riverbank. :D Someone came over and told me it was me who inspired them to start astrophotography...coo​l eh?


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Apr 21, 2010 19:26 |  #32

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So, there I was, taking landscape photos in the late afternoon, in a quiet rural location in New Zealand, when, all of a sudden, not one, but eleven cars pulled up beside me on a cliff-hugging road - parking on the road itself, not even to one side - and thirty to forty camera-wielding people came running out. There were all manner of cameras - everything from iPhones and point-and-shoots, to 400Ds and Nikon D5000s, to 5Ds and 1Ds. About half were flashing uselessly into the sunset - those using Nikon D700s, with the pop-up flash, being perhaps the worst offenders - most didn't have a tripod despite the long exposures involved, and there was only one other person using (non-UV) filters. Most were clicking randomly at anything and everything for a few frenzied minutes, then, as the sun set, they were gone.

Bear in mind that I had barely seen a tourist out all day. Random? Does this often happen to you? Share your stories!

Sounds quite comical. :lol:


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Apr 21, 2010 20:34 |  #33

Karl Johnston wrote in post #10040627 (external link)
Ironically, I have had this happen recently when out aurora hunting. I noticed a weird truck following me for a long time while I was going out on the highway. Stopped at a nice spot I like to go to shoot and within 20 minutes along came another 2 cars...and then another...and then another. We were like little red and blue stars lighting up the riverbank. :D Someone came over and told me it was me who inspired them to start astrophotography...coo​l eh?

Considering what you've done, I'm not surprised.


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Apr 21, 2010 22:27 |  #34
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Considering what you've done, I'm not surprised.

Cheers!

I like to go out and visit and say hello to other photographers who I catch from time to time out at the same time. Just chat, or ask where they're from, or if they got anything good yet. Meet a lot of interesting people like that.


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Apr 21, 2010 23:59 |  #35

Make sure to drop me a line if you ever venture to this end of the country!


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